The most satisfying part of creating a new painting, (especially one that is a product of your imagination) is seeing it all come together as a credible scene. This is the way I picture mail delivery 100 years ago, when the majority of people lived in rural settings. Actually, it is not so different from what I remember when I was growing up in rural Ontario. The main difference was the mailman drove a VW Beetle rather than a horse and sleigh. Other than that, this was a daily occurrence at our house.
I have completed the rail fence and then added some wild shrubbery in the foreground to lead the eye into the picture to start the viewer's journey around the canvas. Tweaking things here and there and painting the gifts in the mailbox complete the picture.
The signature goes on and the painting is finished. This last image is closer to the actual colours in the painting. The previous images were shot in my studio with the painting on the easel, without balanced lighting. This image is a professional scan of the finished painting.
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